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Taiwan bridge tender faces issues

Tender problems are afflicting Taiwan’s Tamkang Bridge project. The recent tender process for the project has failed. This is now the third time the tender for the project has fallen through. A new tender process for the project will open shortly. With the tender process facing such issues, the project looks likely to be further delayed until after 2020. The country’s Directorate-General of Highways (DGH) has now increased the budget allocated to the project to nearly US$310 million in a bid to ensure the w
May 5, 2017 Read time: 1 min

Tender problems are afflicting Taiwan’s Tamkang Bridge project. The recent tender process for the project has failed. This is now the third time the tender for the project has fallen through. A new tender process for the project will open shortly. With the tender process facing such issues, the project looks likely to be further delayed until after 2020. The country’s Directorate-General of Highways (DGH) has now increased the budget allocated to the project to nearly US$310 million in a bid to ensure the work will find a suitably interested party.

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